Liverpool have been known to turn a blind eye to Luis Suarez’s indiscretions in the past, and so it proved again as the club website’s Uruguay v Italy match report did not even mention the striker‘s clash with Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.

To all the wonderful images of this World Cup is added one that may prove as powerful as anything done with the ball: the 2006 finals are remembered as much for Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt on Marco Materazzi as for any of the goals.